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<p>The Azure card is issued to destitute failed asylum seekers who require support
because they are temporarily unable to leave the United Kingdom and can be used at
most of the main supermarket chains to purchase food and other essential items. The
performance of the card is kept under regular review and the views of reputable partners
such as the Red Cross are carefully considered but the Government is satisfied that
it is an effective way of ensuring the individuals are able to meet their essential
living needs and not left destitute.</p>

<p /> <p>All Jobcentre Plus District Managers have access to the Flexible Support
Fund, that they can use to supplement mainstream services and to tailor support to
the needs of individuals and the local area. A proportion of this fund will be spent
by their Work Services Teams on discretionary awards to individual claimants, which
could include helping with travel costs to attend job interviews.</p>

<p>This Government recognises that through physical education, competitive school
sport and encouraging healthy eating, schools can help address the problem of childhood
obesity. The PE and sports premium is part of a package of measures to tackle obesity
in primary schools. Our research found 96% of schools said that their pupils are now
living healthier lives as a result of the funding. In addition, the introduction of
universal infant free school meals will ensure that all infants receive a nutritious
school lunch.</p><p> </p>

To ask Her Majesty's Government, of the £108 million allocated in the 2010 Spending
Review to cover the costs of introducing individual electoral registration, how much
was spent in (1) 2010–11, (2) 2011–12, and (3) 2012–13; and how much is planned to
be spent in (1) 2013–14, and (2) 2014–15.

<p> </p><p>The spend to date and budgeted amounts are in the table below. The budget
for the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER) was set in 2010, based
on robust cost projections and included optimism bias in line with best practice.
Careful management of budgets, combined with an agile approach to the development
of the IT supporting the move to IER has helped to ensure that, to date, the programme
has come in under budget. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The budget for IER has supported
three rounds of pilots since 2011 and a complete national test of the IT that will
support the automatic confirmation of at least 78% of current electors. It has enabled
the allocation of resources to Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and partner
organisations (&pound;4.2m in the current financial year) to improve the completeness
and accuracy of the Electoral Register. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actual:</p><p>&pound;2,369,719</p></td><td><p>Actual:</p><p>&pound;5,074,446</p></td><td><p>Budget:</p><p>&pound;26,148,664</p></td><td><p>Budget:</p><p>&pound;65,478,868</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For financial year
2015/16, &pound;148 million has been set aside for the costs of Individual Electoral
Registration, the General Election and the 2015/16 Boundary Commission; specific budgets
for each of these areas are yet to be allocated.</p><p> </p>

<p> </p><p>Relocation of Government staff outside of London and the South East continues
to be considered, amongst other options, to deliver the savings set out at the Spending
Review and increase the efficiency of the Government&rsquo;s estate. Reducing and
rationalising the estate could result in relocations, although there is no centrally
driven relocation target to this effect. Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility
of each individual Department to determine.</p><p> </p>

<p> </p><p>Relocation of Government staff outside of London and the South East continues
to be considered, amongst other options, to deliver the savings set out at the Spending
Review and increase the efficiency of the Government&rsquo;s estate. Reducing and
rationalising the estate could result in relocations, although there is no centrally
driven relocation target to this effect. Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility
of each individual Department to determine.</p><p> </p>

<p> </p><p>Relocation of Government staff outside of London and the South East continues
to be considered, amongst other options, to deliver the savings set out at the Spending
Review and increase the efficiency of the Government&rsquo;s estate. Reducing and
rationalising the estate could result in relocations, although there is no centrally
driven relocation target to this effect. Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility
of each individual Department to determine.</p><p> </p>

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Prime Minister on
15 June 2009 (HC Deb, col 21–38) that the final report of the Chilcot Inquiry would
be able to "disclose all but the most sensitive information—that is, all information
except that which is essential to our national security", whether the Inquiry continues
to operate under those terms.

<p> </p><p>The terms under which the Chilcot Inquiry is operatingare set out in the
Protocol between the Inquiry and Her Majesty&rsquo;s Government regarding documents
and other written and electronic communication. They have not changed since the Inquiry&rsquo;s
inception in June 2009. A copy of the Protocol is available on the Inquiry&rsquo;s
website:</p><p><a href="http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/background/protocols.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/background/protocols.aspx</a></p><p>
</p><p>Each request under the Freedom of Information Act is considered on its merits
and handled accordingly. The reasons for the use of the veto on the disclosure of
Cabinet minutes prior to the Iraq war are a matter of public record.</p><p> </p>

To ask Her Majesty's Government why the ministerial veto was used to overturn the
Information Commissioner's ruling on the disclosure of the minutes of Cabinet meetings
prior to the Iraq war; and why that route was preferred to an appeal to the courts
as in the case of Plowden.

<p> </p><p>The terms under which the Chilcot Inquiry is operatingare set out in the
Protocol between the Inquiry and Her Majesty&rsquo;s Government regarding documents
and other written and electronic communication. They have not changed since the Inquiry&rsquo;s
inception in June 2009. A copy of the Protocol is available on the Inquiry&rsquo;s
website:</p><p><a href="http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/background/protocols.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/background/protocols.aspx</a></p><p>
</p><p>Each request under the Freedom of Information Act is considered on its merits
and handled accordingly. The reasons for the use of the veto on the disclosure of
Cabinet minutes prior to the Iraq war are a matter of public record.</p><p> </p>

<p>Women comprise over a third of the Senior Civil Service.</p><p>Work commissioned
through the Contestable Policy Fund begins in March and will identify and help to
remove the blockages faced by women when applying for senior posts.</p><p> </p>